Well Being

Depression and Social Media

Social media skews human perceptions, distorting reality in real time.

If you’re reading this, you’re like already aware that there is scientific literature that reveals direct correlations between time spent on media and rates of depression, especially in children and adolescents. So why do we not self regulate better? Why do we allow our kids access to something we know increases depression, distorts reality, makes it more difficult to socialize, and completely destroys any sense of time management, at the same time lowering our frustration/boredom tolerance to zero? If adults are having a hard time regulating, why would we give this to a child?

Mind you, I am not picking on anyone. I know why I have introduced my son to tech. Most the time, quite frankly, it was easier. I acknowledge, most things in this life that are worthwhile are not easy.

Scrolling through social media like FB, you will find an endless stream of photo resumes of excellence, people smiling, playing, in good health and wealthy. The unconscious assumption is that ‘everyone is doing better than I.’ Everyone who engages social media experiences that unconscious vector.

If the healthiest of us struggle, how do you imagine the people who struggle with mental health…